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It is 71 years today since Lars Saabye Christensen was born.
Norwegian author who grew up in the Oslo suburb Skillebekk. He also lived for several years in Sortland in northern Norway, two places he keeps returning to in his books. Christensen read Norwegian, literature, history of ideas and art at university. He now lives in Oslo.
Lars Saabye Christensen is committed to help promote new talent in Norway. Between 1986 and the early nineties, he edited... -
It is 77 years today since Stephen King was born.
Stephen Edwin King was born in Portland, Maine. His father, Donald Pollock, a vacuum cleaner salesman, sailor and philanderer (King has a half-sister in Brazil), went through a number of aliases before he changed his surname to King. When Stephen was two years old, his father went out to by cigarettes and never came back. Stephen grew up in poor circumstances with his mother Ruth and his adopted...
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Welty, Eudora
1909 - 2001
Eudora Alice Welty was born in Jackson, Mississippi as the oldest of three children. Her father, Christian Webb Welty,...
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Blake, William
1757 - 1827
The English author and artist William Blake was born and spent most of his life in London. His father was a hosier, but his...
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Armstrong, Charlotte
1905 - 1969
Charlotte Armstrong was an American author born in Vulcan, Michigan. She attended the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and...
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Hamilton, Steve
1961 -
The American crime-fiction writer Steve Hamilton was born in Detroit, Michigan, and grew up in White Lake in the same...
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